In message <20140703193435.GB18168@1wt.eu>, Willy Tarreau writes:
>thus I don't think there's any gain in mandating a window
>larger than 31 or 32 bits.
Right now ? No.
But I find the margin is too small for HTTP/2, we should design for
at least 10 years lifetime before people run into trouble.
Also these four bytes don't add wire overhead so there is no
performance penalty for being on the safe side.
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